Reply #87: If you don't feel comfortable [View All]

"sneaking" on the jury by hiding your knowledge that jurors are supposed to exercise citizen oversight of the acts of the government legislature and the executive, then a good thing to do while under interrogation from the lawyers and judge is to lay it all out for all of the other prospective jurors to hear and maybe one of them will be inspired to do it. Something like:

Judge: Will you obey my command to execute the law as I give it to you?

Prospective juror not willing to "sneak" on the jury: But, your honor, what about my duty as a citizen to oversee the acts of the legislature? According to Yale Law Journal 74 (1964):173, in 1771 John Adams said that, "It is not only (the juror's) right, but his duty...to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment, and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court." Judge, if you are intent on stacking this jury by filtering out all those who would do the important duty of exercising citizen oversight of the government, I hope that at least one good citizen in this pool has the courage to somehow sneak past your gate.